Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI)

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Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation(CEMI)

• Presentation to OMICC
• December 8, 2005

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Outline

• Key Activities and Contacts to Date
• Next Steps
• CEMI Proposals (NOHFC and FedNor)

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Key Activities Contacts to Date

• CEMI Brochure
• LU Administration
• MIRARCo
• TRAC
• MERC
• Freshwater Ecology Coop.
• CIMMR
• Mining Leadership Team
• LU SE Faculty
• OMA Board of Directors
• Inco
• Falconbridge
• DMRC
• CAMIRO
• AMIRA
• DeBeers

• SAMSSA
• CANMET
• GSC MNDM / NOHFC, OGS, MDLB
• CEMI Space Analysis
• Mass Mining Symposium
• Sustainable Mining Institute
• (Univ. of Queensland)
• NORCAT
• Sudbury Mining Cluster
• Cambrian College
• FedNor
• MP office
• NOHFC
• OCE / Crestech
• EMK Network (OCE / MMO)
• University of Windsor (ARDC)

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Next Steps

• CEMI Announcement December 16
• NOHFC, FedNor applications - underway
• Assess space requirements for CEMI based activity
  mid January
• Awareness building and project development
  on-going

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Proposal

• 30 million over five years
• Industry, FedNor, NOHFC
• Establish CEMI on LU campus

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CEMI Business Plan

• OMICC - led
• Five Working Groups (industry, academics,
  government representation)
• OMICC-identified research themes
• Exploration, Deep Mining, Mine Process
  Engineering, Automation/Telerobotics,
  Environment/Reclamation
• Economic Context
• Sudburys dynamic research hub
• RD Context
• Key CEMI Strategies
• Funding, coordination, commercialization,
  education skills training
• Integrated Business Plan
• Organization / governance models

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Linked to other OMICC initiatives
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25 million to date (cash in-kind) towards
CEMI-linked projects
Support for CEMI

• Agnico-Eagle
• Barrick Gold Corporation
• Beihang University (China)
• Bestech
• Breakwater Resources Ltd.
• CANMET
• City of Greater Sudbury
• DeBeers
• Denison Environmental
• Falconbridge Sudbury
• Falconbridge Kidd Mine
• Laurentian University

• Mine Technologies Intl.
• Northeastern University (China)
• Nuinsco Resources Ltd.
• OPG Porcupine Joint Venture
• Placer Dome
• Rio Tinto
• TEPSCO (Japan)
• Golder Associates
• Goldcorp Inc.
• Inco Ontario
• Inco Thompson
• Ontario Power Generation

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Support for CEMI

• CEMI Board of Directors
• LU
• Cambrian College
• Inco (2)
• Falconbridge
• DeBeers
• OMA,
• FedNor
• MNDM
• Other appointments TBA

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Support for CEMI
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What is CEMI?

• Essentially a branding of all LU sponsored,
  mining related research output.
• A coalition of Laurentian University research
  institutes and academic faculty collaborating
  internally and with national and international
  partners on problems identified as relevant and
  important by industry.

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Building on LUs Commitment to Mining-Related
Research
Laurentian University will become the national
centre for excellence in mining innovation -
education, research, technology, and
commercialization - by energetically building on
acknowledged strengths in mineral exploration,
mining engineering, robotics, and environmental
sciences.

• Strongest commitment to mining research and
  education of any university in Canada
• Strong performance in university-base research in
  earth science and mining engineering

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LU / CEMI / Industry Partnership

• Industry research funds leveraging provincial and
  federal funds
• Most government research funding programs require
  a university applicant
• CEMI, with its sharp industry focus, provides the
  ideal applicant

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The Research Funding Gap

• Relatively little federal research funding flows
  to mining
• No clear and consistent mining research theme
  within Ontarios new Ministry of Research and
  Innovation, MEDT, MNDM

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Solution Research Excellence

• 30 million to strengthen CEMIs capacity to
  develop strong research networks
• Industry, other universities, government labs,
  research centres
• Assemble world class multi-disciplinary
  collaborations, addressing regional problems with
  global applications
• Strong networks, building strong collaborations,
  breeding higher levels of research excellence,
  leveraging more research funding along the way

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The Canadian Mining Research Network (courtesy
NRCan)
Rouyn-Noranda (Université du Québec en
Abitibi-Témiscamingue)
Winnipeg (U of Manitoba)
Val-dOr (NRCan)
Quebec City (COREM, Soredem, Quebec government,
Université de Laval)
St-Johns (Memorial U)
Trois Rivières (Centre intégré de fonderie et de
métallurgie)
Vancouver (U of BC)
Edmonton (U of Alberta)
Montreal (École Polytechnique, Université du
Québec à Montréal, McGill U)
Thunder Bay (Lakehead U)
Ottawa (NRCan)
Kingston (Queens U)
London (U of Western Ontario)
Saskatoon (U of Saskatchewan)
Sudbury (CEMI) NRCan, CAMIRO,
Toronto (Lassonde Institute, U of Toronto)
Waterloo (U of Waterloo)
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CEMI Projects in Development

• Exploration
• Three new industrial chairs and associated
  projects (6-8 million) Cooperative BSc. /
  Collaborative MSc. program (2 million)
• Deep Mining
• Industrial chair and associated projects (3
  million). Complements 12 million already
  committed by a consortium of companies for
  current research projects.
• Integrated Mine Processing
• Comprehensive 24 million research project being
  considered by ORF
• Automation and Telerobotics
• 6 million to formally establish TRAC undertake
  development of prototype robotic equipment for
  testing and application in underground
  environments
• Environment and Reclamation
• New industrial chair and complementary activities
  in the boreal sub-Arctic (2 million)

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The CEMI Operating Plan

• MERC, MIRARCo, TRAC, Faculty researchers
  independent yet federated under the CEMI brand.
• CEMI will have a Board of Directors, a Director
  and a Technical Advisory Committee.
• Estimated annual operating cost - 400,000 per
  year

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CEMI Director

• Supported by the Technical Advisory Committee
• Responsible for coordinating research in
  association with industry, LU/other Research
  Centre heads, other universities.
• Accountable for CEMI funding
• Responsible for leveraging CEMI funding

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Added Leveraging Potential

• Industry
• 10 million cash and in-kind
• Federal Government
• NSERC, CFI, NRCan, regional agencies
• 10 million cash and in-kind

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CEMI Board of Directors

• To be announced December 16
• Approve Terms of Reference for CEMIs long term
  operation and governance
• Appoint a Technical Advisory Committee
• Recruit the CEMI Director

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CEMIs Benefits

• Contract employment for full-time researchers,
  located mainly in Sudbury
• New mineral discoveries extended life of
  Northern Ontario mines
• Business opportunities for the mine supply and
  services sector
• Help offset current and future skills shortages

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Expected Results

• Short to medium term
• High quality collaborations with industry, other
  universities and research centers
• More research related infrastructure funded
  provincially and federally, esp. through NSERC,
  CFI, ORF, etc.
• Industry dollars leveraged
• New employment through CEMI-based research
  (under-grads, graduates, PDFs, technicians)
• Growth in mining engineering programming (BSc.,
  MSc., PhD.)
• Throughput of highly skilled undergraduates,
  graduates for employment in the mineral sector
• Longer term
• Discoveries, patents, new product development,
  business expansions, startups,

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2005 Federal Budget Update

• The Update proposes to provide 160 million over
  the next five years to support the creation of
  large-scale integrated facilities that bring
  together university and private sector
  researchers and accelerate the commercialization
  of university-based discoveries.
• Industry Canada will manage this fund and
  allocate it through a competitive process,
  receiving recommendations from a private
  sector-led panel.
• Successful projects will be eligible for a
  federal investment of up to 20 million, ensuring
  that at least eight projects could be supported
  over the next five years.